Foreign dignitaries enjoyed a rare show combining different Japanese traditional arts on Wednesday at a banquet following the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito the previous day.
During the evening event, hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo, A-list actors from three different traditional arts — kyogen, kabuki and bunraku — performed together in a single play.
Kyogen actor Nomura Mansai, 53, kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo, 41, and bunraku puppet master Yoshida Tamao, 66, performed "Sambaso," a play celebrating an ancient harvest ritual.